The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.
My divine sign indicates the future to me.
What most counts is not merely to live, but to live right.
Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.
Are not all things which have opposites generated out of their opposites?
I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.